The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne is a quirky and funny story from the 1700s that bends the rules of traditional storytelling. It's all about Tristram Shandy, a guy who spends most of the book reflecting on his life, starting even before he was born! He shares his silly opinions and tells stories about his oddball family. One of the first things he talks about is how his parents' actions when he was conceived might have messed up his whole life. He thinks things like winding a clock at the wrong time could have changed him forever. His dad, who likes everything just so, and his mom, who is also pretty set in her ways, have lots of funny arguments that show how different they are. Right from the start, the book feels lighthearted and a little weird, and it looks at big ideas like who we are, what fate is, and how life can be pretty ridiculous, all from Tristram's funny point of view.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
By Laurence Sterne
Misadventures begin even before birth as a man blames the chaos of his conception for the strange course of his life.
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About the AuthorLaurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, published sermons and memoirs, and indulged in local politics. He grew up in a military family, travelling mainly in Ireland but briefly in England. An uncle paid for Sterne to attend Hipperholme Grammar School in the West Riding of Yorkshire, as Sterne's father was ordered to Jamaica, where he died of malaria some years later. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge on a sizarship, gaining bachelor's and master's degrees. While Vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire, he married Elizabeth Lumley in 1741. His ecclesiastical satire A Political Romance infuriated the church and was burnt.
Laurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, published sermons and memoirs, and indulged in local politics. He grew up in a military family, travelling mainly in Ireland but briefly in England. An uncle paid for Sterne to attend Hipperholme Grammar School in the West Riding of Yorkshire, as Sterne's father was ordered to Jamaica, where he died of malaria some years later. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge on a sizarship, gaining bachelor's and master's degrees. While Vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire, he married Elizabeth Lumley in 1741. His ecclesiastical satire A Political Romance infuriated the church and was burnt.
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